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Show Clianneey Hentw ou fiirclfj. Horace Greeley was tho last of that famous triumvirate of editors, Greeley, Bennett ane Itaymoud, whose genius and individuality subordinated tlie functions of a great newspaper to tlie presentation of their opinions and characteristics. Their journals w ere personal organs, but of phenomenal influence. The vigor of Mr. Greeley's thought and the incldity of lis expression carried conviction to the minds of hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of leople, and he was for nearly a quarter of a century the greatest Individual force Inthecouutry. He was so honest anu terrifically ln earnest, so right in his motlvesi and pure in his principles, prin-ciples, that like tliu sjots upon the sun, his made more evident the loftiness- of his purposes. Ills motives were so transparent that his errors and the eccentricities Increased his strength, and even when wrong he inspired more confidence than is re-posts! re-posts! in most men when they are right. He. made and unmade more rciiutatious than any writer in tlie land. His untimely death hushed, all hearts. President and cabinet, generals and soldiers, governors and congressmen, friends and foes, the mighty and the humble, gathered at Ills bier, and the nation mourned as never before for tlie loss ot a citizen in private station. Kx. |